#isontaro

Since I didn’t do a pinup for Easter I decided to do up one of Isontaro and one of Robina anyways. I was not aware that the “reverse bunny suit” was a thing so that’s what inspired this. I didn’t bother adding ears to either, it would be too busy looking. I also used the colour scheme of their canon outfits for these.

Decided to make the new pfp for 2026. Isontaro is my character of choice. Although he's not the main character, he's the one that's most like me out of the cast I've created for DIVE. Similar temperament and moral standing.

I had come to the realization out of all the iterations I've drawn of him, I've never done one of him completely side on so that's what I went for what I'll be having up for the next year roughly. Colour wise I wanted to go with bright, I've also come up with some of the colours for each of the different realms within DIVE, the ones in the background are the national colours for the realm of Izairo - where Isontaro and his family hail from. I also incorporated them into his overall outfit design too.

I also decided to make a proper header for this blog instead of slapping up one of my nature pictures. All of what's there is sketches of either finished pictures or just little doodles I had done in my spare time. I could've gone with something more completed by I think it was a little more fun to go with something that shows a bit of my own artistic process and something that I could easily have as black and white to fit with the rest of the color scheme overall. It's also nice to have some of my work at the top since this is where I post the bulk of it save for the NSFW content - you can find that over on BlueSky under my account - DinosaurChurch.

There's been a lot I've been doing behind the scenes, mainly chipping away at the rewrite of the first arc (I'm half way there). Character designs is the other, there's still a handful of characters I need to do, some need complete revamps so I've been relatively busy outside my day job.

Either way there is lots coming, I'm sure I'll get them posted within the next little while.

Towards the end of every year I cook up a new pfp of Isontaro, this is the one I'll be using for 2025 since we're almost done 2024. Each and every one of them is different, I always like adding a little bit of a unique touch.

Having been working on the inverse version of DIVE lately I went with that version of Isontaro wearing the national colours of the realm of Feiy. I'm not going to spoil why but I will probably get more of the original story posted for those who want to read it.

I was originally going to save this for Valentine’s Day to post it (because ‘Palentine’s Day’ amirite?) but it was too good to horde until then. I’ve had this cooking for a while but I finally got around in finishing it with the new tablet I got for Christmas.

Nothing says “best friends” like sharing some spit with your buddy! I really wanted to draw up Isontaro and Itoku like this, although canonically Itoku is straight during the course of DIVE, Isontaro? Not so much.

Either way stay thirsty my friends!

Every year for the past 6 years I've drawn up Isontaro as my PFP. Reason being is that out of the entire cast of characters from DIVE, he's the person I'm like the most. He's another temperamental ENTJ like myself (although I have mellowed over the years).

I'm early with the one for next year but I had the inspiration to cook up a new one so I went with it. One of the things I love is getting to look back and see how his design (like the other characters) has changed. I find the more I mature and change so do these guys. I also like to change up the style I draw him in with each and every iteration I do, keeps things fresh.

Probably the two I like the most out of the bunch is the one from 2021 (the one with the facemask - I made some really good art that year spite my mental health) and the current one for 2024.

I more than likely won't be changing it for a while so enjoy!